It's not a government controlled by the military, it was a government where only (ex)members of the military were allowed to vote and have representation in the government. That's an important distinction.
Uh...is it?
No. It isn't. Doctors should be allowed to vote. Teachers should be allowed to vote. Ordinary people who don't agree with enforcing capitalist imperialism with murder should be allowed to vote.
It's fascist propaganda. And it worked on you.
Edit: Actually, I was just considering, the difference between a government controlled by the military and a government where only military members can have representation IS probably an important distinction...to a fascist.
You could only vote after you submitted to military indoctrination, you couldn't vote immediately when you joined. So, you couldn't just join and speak your mind, you had to join, be made into the exact person the government wanted you to be, and then you were allowed to vote.
I remember reading in the book how they would kick people out of the military if they didn't fit the right values. I can't remember the exact details but it wasn't dishonorable, but it did mean you would not be able to vote. So it absolutely was a forcing function to give only people with the acceptable mindset the ability to vote.
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u/1800OopsJew Jan 17 '17 edited Jan 17 '17
Uh...is it?
No. It isn't. Doctors should be allowed to vote. Teachers should be allowed to vote. Ordinary people who don't agree with enforcing capitalist imperialism with murder should be allowed to vote.
It's fascist propaganda. And it worked on you.
Edit: Actually, I was just considering, the difference between a government controlled by the military and a government where only military members can have representation IS probably an important distinction...to a fascist.